[107526] in Cypherpunks
Re: Babbage's Revenge; Patenting any algorithm reducible to software practice
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Geer)
Fri Jan 15 17:55:41 1999
To: hapgood@pobox.com (Fred Hapgood)
Cc: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>, dcsb@ai.mit.edu,
Digital Bearer Settlement List <dbs@philodox.com>, e$@vmeng.com,
cryptography@c2.net, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jan 1999 16:39:24 EST."
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Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 17:35:55 -0500
From: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>
Reply-To: Dan Geer <geer@world.std.com>
>> Is it as obvious to everyone else as it is to me that business model
>> patents, especially models involving the internet, are absurd from an
>> enforcement perspective?
Fred,
I suspect you are right. I would know whether you are
right or not if I knew which way this paradox came out:
Premise : On the Internet, no one knows where you are
Conclusion 1 : No one's laws apply
Conclusion 2 : Everyone's laws apply
--dan
